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You look great. I think the one great thing about a tkr is it's a great diet..I'm never hungry. And by the way I hope that's NOT a vacuum cleaner on the floor next to you!!!
 
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Awww thanks!! Yes it's a walker I used a couple weeks :) need to move it!
 
Hi Karringtyn! Great pics! You look wonderful! I posted to ice as well. BoneSmart has been great for me. But, I think I am done! I am heading to Memphis with my sons baseball team for a tourney. When I get back, I am back to full time work. Gonna be fun, but tough. It has been great getting to know everyone! You keep up the good work! You will be fine. It takes 6-12 months to fully heal from this.
 
Wow ! Karringtyn you lost lots of weight. I guarantee by mid summer , you will have forgotten about your knee and be well on your way to knocking all the guys out . " on the cat walk , on the cat walk , your too sexy " remember that song ? We are losing brain doc. Hope he succeeds. Not much happening. Im still progressing well. No complaints at all. Im mean the morning tightness sucks and the warm knee is a trip. But like ive always said since my surgery , I was expecting alot worse. I think my surgeon must use some pretty trippy technique because my quad has hardly been affected. Well I hope you get the pain managed properly . Your hubby looks just like a co worker of mine. Its funny. Im not on bonesmart as much as ive been watching the basketball tournament. Ill stick around and try to encourage if I can . I got 5 weeks off from work still so I wont be doing much . Best wishes , oh I am flying to LA area in a few weeks. its 1 hour and 15 minutes away, got to board early so I can stretch my leg out on a isle seat .
 
@icep707 you are a hoot. I have NO appetite and I am working my a$$ off literally. My hubby is my hottie Texan. Pain comes and goes.. Today is a little more painful as I switched meds and still trying to get use to them....my tummy HURTS from the pain meds and meloxicam. PUKE. (Have done that a lot)....

@braindoc I don't know if you will see this....but I started crying when I saw your message. I can't thank you enough for your encouragement...your role in my recovery!!! I wish you the best.

Yes, everyone is moving on. Sad, but good. It's just that you form a great friendship and then bam...see ya later! :(

I cancelled PT for the first time today.....I can't do it with my tummy the way it is.

Naptime calls me. :sleep::sleep::sleep::sleep::sleep::sleep:
 
Hi you out there! I'm confused. I had understood that you had your knee surgery in November 2013 Karringtyn? Now I see it says Feb? Which is it? I do hope you're feeling brighter than the above! The flu must have been a big knock back! :console2:
 
Oh well, she's doing really well!


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So glad to see how well you are doing @Karringtyn....It is sad to see those who have been such encouragers go back to their own lives.....Bonesmart gave all of us the opportunity to meet lots of new and great people to bond with through such a horrific time in our lives. I for one am going to be sad when the day comes that I no longer come to the forum.....Until then we will keep on trucking through our recoveries one day at a time! @braindoc it was sweet of him to stop in and say goodbye....now that's the nicest way to bow out and go back to living!!! Good luck Karryingtyn....you are doing fantastic and I hope you continue on until you're completely healed!!!!
 
Hi @Karringtyn ....I'm doing really good since I've come home. It seems like we can recover much better in our own little world with all the comforts of home! I have an appt. with my OS tomorrow morning. I will know what his thoughts are on how well I am doing then!
Have a great day!!!
 
@suzzee2000 that is awesome!! I know, when I got home.....oh I was so much better!!!!!
 
Life.

Ahhhh. Up and Down. Some days I think I have got this. I am feeling great! Then others....dear God what hit me?

I have PT today at 4.

I was shopping yesterday and this lady was in the aisle with her hubby with a walker. She apologized to me for him being in the way. I was like "oh honey....it's ok! That was me a few weeks ago..." She looked at me funny as if to say "YOU, why would someone at your age be using a walker?!"....we then talked. She showed me how she can kneel and stand up and bend and all sorts of things. This lady was probably in her 70's...bless her heart...she said to me..... "sooon my dear you will be better than ever, you'll see.."

Yes God puts people in our daily paths for a reason.
 
I received a message from someone who said they have followed me since the beginning and it made me realize how many people read, but don't ever comment or say a word.

I just want to say this.

Knee replacement is NOT easy. It's not something that happens over night. It isn't something that heals by itself.

It's a journey. Recovery is a roller coaster ride. And I will tell you this....there are days where I scream out with tears streaming down my face "WHY?!" Because it hurts. Because it doesn't just go away. It involves making the whole body readjust itself. A lot depends on what your injury/cause that led to why you had a knee replacement. Myself....I was injured badly three years ago. I haven't walked right, I haven't used the muscles right, and I gained weight from not being able to do much of anything. I did my job (waitressing) and came home and iced and cried. My children were wonderful and helped as much as they possibly could. But it was norm for Mom not to be able to say "go to the park, the pool, for a hike" all the things I had once did, without even batting an eye.

The pain consumed me. I was asked to PLEASE try a pain med, I refused. I lived on ibuprofen. I dealt with it. My limp got worse and worse. Two weeks before surgery I asked to be taken out of work. I couldn't waitress anymore. Every time someone would ask for a refill, or more sauce I would tighten up inside. And it was MY JOB to walk and serve them, and I wasn't able to do it. My customers were amazing. So many could tell exactly what was wrong. (How could the not?!)...the most important thing my customers told me......"DO YOUR PT AFTER" At the time I can remember thinking "duh....why wouldn't I?!" But now I see how easy it is to just hurt so bad and not want to do the exercises because the cause more pain. But the pain isn't really pain, it's discomfort. If it were pain, then I would STOP. But I am not using muscles that I haven't used like this, correctly in a very long time.


SO to you......you that are reading and don't ever comment....I say this to you.... Knee replacement is a journey. It's ups and downs.....but the journey is amazing. For you see, I have been tested, everything about who I am has been tested. I have found ME again. The real honest to goodness me who is passionate and strong. I am 44 years old. Now is MY time to live again. I can walk my puppies today. I can walk down the block and back....walk, not limp. I may not be fast like I use to be....but if you were to drive by me.....I would look like a normal every day person and you would have no clue of my story.

You see we all have stories to tell. Each of us. I thank Bonesmart for giving me an outlet to tell mine!
 
Hello super girl. You are so positive. You are right it is not easy sometimes to even do a little exercise. I know that the exercises do help. Just think how far we have come. We struggled to do the first few exercises, now they are a piece of cake. My doctor said if all I did was walk just 1 more step each day I would be doing great. He believes that walking is the best exercise. My dog and I have just starting to go for walks. I was afraid he would pull me of balance and make me fall. He walks so nicely. It has been a long time since I had been able to walk. The other day I went up and down 10 stairs, that was too much, I hurt for 2 days. I walk about 3 miles slowly every day ( that is 30 -35 minutes to do just that much) and use a stationary bike. When sitting I find myself moving my legs back and forth under the chair, that is also exercise. We get wher we are just doing it without thinking. I have neighbors I don't even know wave and say you look good and are walking straight. Knee surgery and exercise is a life time commetment. If you don't do it you legs get stiff and hurt and will take longer to get you where you would like to be.
Do it for yourself. Believe in yourself.
 
Your walks may be slower but not for long !!!! Just dont get goofy and run in a full sprint !! Got to know your limitations and actually try to manage our knee since you / me are on the lower age spectrum . Your struggle has been very emotional and painful and at times , you wanted to quit. Like they say " it aint no piece of cake ". In fact I was expecting myself to be pulling my hair out and screaming why?God, why?.Fortunately that never happened, perhaps because of my condition pre op. A work out warrior, even while I was bone on bone .
Im so glad you are improving daily . You touch
many people during your journey. Looking back , it was all surreal . You made it kid . Hope all is well and just think how fun Christmas will be this year . c ya
 
Oh @Karringtyn, my smile got wider and wider as I read your post, I know exactly what you mean, I keep doing things that I couldn't do before the op and then realising that I've just done it and laugh to myself with surprise (& then run and tell my husband I can do whatever it is again). Isn't it just wonderful? Unfortunately my left knee is getting worse, so I'm sort of in the same position I was in a couple of years ago, but still, it's so much better than this time last year, so I am very happy. I am also so happy for you, you are getting your life back, and at your age you deserve to be free of pain, do enjoy xxxx
 
Oh how far we have come in a few relatively short weeks. It is snowing here AGAIN in Wisconsin and I just stomped snow off my boots with BOTH feet. I could not stomp my left leg at all with out intense pain 7 weeks ago! Such simple things we take for granted until you can't do them any longer!!
 
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